Oshawa, Ontario (Monday, December 1, 2008) - GM Canada today announced pricing for the 2-mode hybrid version of the award winning Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 seriescrew cab pickup trucks.  With a starting MSRP of $46,725 for 2WD models and $50,875 for the 4WD models, the 2009 Silverado and Sierra hybrid pickups establish an industry-first by achieving an impressive 32-percent improvement in city fuel consumption and a 23-percent improvement in combined fuel consumption, while also delivering the capability expected of a full-size pickup truck. Read the rest of this entry »

Kingston Whig-Standard by Joe Duarte: I love a challenge.  If I’m handed something with the potential to be beneficial on some level, I’m going to do everything in my power to maximize that benefit.

Every time I drive a hybrid, I want to get my fuel economy as low as possible, within the boundaries of sensible driving - in other words, I won’t go driving at 80 km/h on the highway or 40 along a signed 60 road, but I will search out 40 km/h stretches of road in order to maximize running on batteries as long as possible. Read the rest of this entry »

Oshawa, Ontario - General Motors’ 3.6L direct injection V-6 VVT has been named to Ward’s AutoWorld magazine’s 2009 “Ten Best Engines” list for North America.  Produced at GM Canada’s St. Catharines powertrain facility, the engine is part of GM’s overall strategy to equip vehicles with advanced propulsion technologies that improve fuel economy and reduce emissions. Read the rest of this entry »

The long anticipated CTS-V is in our showrooms! Why get excited you say? How about sinking your teeth into this:

Engine: 6.2L supercharged V-8 (LSA)
Horsepower: 550/410 @ 6200RPMs
Torque: 550/745 @ 6200RPMs
Transmissions: Tremec TR6060 six-speed manual; fully synchronized with single overdrive and available Hydra-Matic 6L90 six-speed electronically controlled automatic overdrive with torque converter clutch.

Front suspension: Read the rest of this entry »

Take a look around traverse, and you’ll see a vehicle that is designed to raise the bar in the crossover segment. To begin with, Traverse offers capability without compromise- the type of everyday usability that allows you to carry up to eight very comfortably on one trip and plenty of cargo the next. And where other vehicles make you choose between power and efficiency or size and agility, that’s never the case with Traverse. Equally important, you’ll always be surrounded in safety.

Read the rest of this entry »